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G. G'. BOE.

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' Arrucmdu FILED JULY 9. ma.

, Patented Dec. 2,1919.

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GUNNAR G. BOE, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2, 1919.

Application filed July 9, 1918. Serial No. 244,023.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUNNAR Gr. Bon, citizen of the United States, residing at Oak land, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a puzzle.

The object of the puzzle is to wrap a string around an elbow in such manner that the string may be slipped off the elbow without releasing its ends and upwrapping it from the elbow.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this specification and the appended claims.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the puzzle.

Fig. 2 is an end View thereof.

In the drawing, 1 indicates a base provided with a socket 2. An elbow 3 includes a vertical leg 4 and a horizontal arm 5, on the lower end of which leg is a depending shank 6 adapted to fit in said socket to support the leg in upright position on said base. A wire 7 depends vertically from the outer end of arm 5 and then extends horizontally to the bottom of the leg 4, to prevent the string from being slipped off the outer end of said arm.

The elbow may be readily disengaged from the socket 2 and laid flat on the base 1 for packing, the outside dimensions of the elbow being no greater than those of the base so that any box or package that will hold the base will also. hold the elbow resting upon it.

Astring 10 is wrapped around the elbow starting near the outer end of the arm 5 and wrapped progressively around the elbow to a point on the leg 4. The ends of the string are to be held with one hand and the string slipped off the elbow with the other hand. The secret of the puzzle is in the wrapping of the string around the elbow, and the secret is to wrap one strand of the string always under the other. When wrapped this way the ends of the string may be held by one hand and the string slipped oif the elbow with the other hand. If not wrapped in this way the string cannot be slipped off without releasing the end of one strand.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A puzzle including a base, an elbow on said base consisting of an arm and a leg, a wire extending from the outer end of said arm to the lower end of said leg, and a string to be wrapped around said elbow.

2. A puzzle including a base formed with. a socket, an elbow, a shank on one leg of said elbow to fit in said socket, a string, and means to prevent the string slipping OK the outer end of the arm of said elbow.

3. A puzzle including a base, an elbow mounted on said base, a string, and means to prevent the string from slipping off the outer end of the elbow.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

GUNNAR Gr. BOE. 

